None of us are dumb enough to think Bud ducked Lipinets, right?

[Mammoth]

Bud would rape Lipinets

[Eff Pandas]

Put the blame on Lipinet's team and the IBF where it belongs.

The language of the IBF in sanctioning the unification was this:

"The contracts shall not include any clause that will interfere with the mandatory defense of the IBF Jr. Welterweight title. Julius Indongo and [Terence] Crawford must agree in writing that they will fight the IBF Jr. Welterweight Mandatory within 90 days of the August 19, 2017 bout or by Saturday November 17, 2017," explained Peoples. "(They) must agree in writing to indemnify, hold harmless and otherwise reimburse the IBF for any legal fees or other expenses related to the granting of this exception, including but not limited to, the cost attendant to any resultant litigation.

"Julius Indongo and [Terence] Crawford will comply with all of the conditions set forth in the granting of this exception or formal sanction will not issue for the proposed bout on August 19, 2017. The IBF will not consider any future Exception or Unification requests until the IBF Jr. Welterweight Champion completes his IBF Mandatory obligation."

Crawford wins the IBF belt, Lipinets' team immediately presses for the purse bid (originally scheduled for Sept 17th), and the IBF goes with it allowing the purse bid to be moved up to today. This after allowing the champion prior (Indongo) 2 exemptions.

So, IMO, it doesn't matter who Crawford fights next.

It can't be a duck if the man was only given 11 days to make a decision.

That's just not how boxing works, especially with an elite fighter.

Yea honestly its hard to argue with this type of bs by the IBF. Lets stick with a date all f#cking ready please. They keep doing this bs where a challenger can dictate a quicker purse bid & f#ck up the flow of things for a title holder & his team. Believe this has led to one or two other vacating/stripping situations.

Still this is gonna look bad if Crawford continues to fight at 140 cuz no one is gonna remember or maybe more importantly gonna care about the above cuz dropping a title looks sh^tty.